Friday, January 31, 2014

It's been all work, no play these last couple of weeks, so here are some more work from my hand.
Winter finally came to these parts of the world, I was just about to give up it ;-) with c-degrees above zero weeks into January, but last week the frost sat in; streets are covered in beautiful white snow, making the light seem a little longer in the afternoons.

Friday, January 17, 2014

My friend Morten and his partner Nikolai have developed a spicy chili sauce; Millinge Sauce. It is their own personally developed recipe, and it is now a real batch, sold by the bottle. Congratulations, guys :-)
I love the taste—warm and round and flavoured with a wide range of spices that makes it soooo much more than a chili sauce. It is a-b-s-o-L-U-T-E-l-y addictive! YUM!

I designed the label in close co-operation with the two Millinge Sauce Chefs—I'm happy to be part of the process, and cheer for many more bottles to come! :-)

Friday, January 10, 2014

I dare advertise that there is no such thing as doing wrong when it comes to making collages. Even the »mistakes« or unintended outcomes we make are precious lessons—if we dare see them as such.

So it wouldn't make any sence for me not to share this page—allthough it is not my proudest! I could go on about how the colours are messy, how I dislike the lack of focus, and the absent story. Sure, I could pull out the sledgehammer and beat myself up over how rotten this piece of ... dollop ... is, and »you-call-yourself-a-collage-artist?!«. But. I shall turn the sheet, I shall, and start a new page :-)

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Not everything used for the journal pages is made for this purpose. This yellow painted ... blob ... was cut out from a painting I discarded years ago. Yup! It has been in my drawer since. And Yup! This paper-mania takes up a lot of space ;-) Oh well.

Our new newsletter is going out today. With very exciting news ;-) Nudge-nudge. It is not too late to sign up.

The newletter is in Danish, since (SPOILER-ALEEERT!!!) most content will be of domestic relevance. :-D

»Well, Christine, now that we're at it—why aren't all your stuff the same language? Why the Danish newletter—Danish workshop text bits— but English blog?!«

Here's the thing: Our collage workshops are in Danish, and held in Denmark, so it would be silly to write about it in English. But my book: Scraps is also available in English, and I still have English-speaking (-writing) readers. Plus (this is still on the hush-hush) I have some non-domestic collage-activity coming up (which are beans I cannot wait to spill, but must).

Friday, January 3, 2014

Half way into meditation last night, a strong remembrance suddenly popped into my head: MY OLD LETRASET SHEETS! My mind ran amok – I hadn't used them for years – could they still be in that white box? – No, I had moved them – Or had I? Sitting on my cushion, trying to maintain focus, the desire to shoot up and see if I would be able to find them was screaming for my attention :-)

I didn't cave! I sat – with my raging thoughts – until my little bell rang. Then I ran!

A mix of joy, nostagia and routine as I sat down to work the letters into my sketchbook. I got this bundle of arbitrary letters when I was in Art School (awww!); back then, they weren't nearly old enough to be cool vintage—just old crap. Good thing one tends to be a bit of a hoader. (More on that later).